diff --git a/cloud/cloudstack/cs_account.py b/cloud/cloudstack/cs_account.py
index a8510bbc5b3..dc845acbae2 100644
--- a/cloud/cloudstack/cs_account.py
+++ b/cloud/cloudstack/cs_account.py
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ def main():
             api_secret = dict(default=None, no_log=True),
             api_url = dict(default=None),
             api_http_method = dict(default='get'),
+            api_timeout = dict(type='int', default=10),
         ),
         required_together = (
             ['api_key', 'api_secret', 'api_url'],
diff --git a/cloud/cloudstack/cs_affinitygroup.py b/cloud/cloudstack/cs_affinitygroup.py
index 9ff3b123a0c..afb60a83baa 100644
--- a/cloud/cloudstack/cs_affinitygroup.py
+++ b/cloud/cloudstack/cs_affinitygroup.py
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ def main():
             api_secret = dict(default=None, no_log=True),
             api_url = dict(default=None),
             api_http_method = dict(default='get'),
+            api_timeout = dict(type='int', default=10),
         ),
         required_together = (
             ['api_key', 'api_secret', 'api_url'],
diff --git a/cloud/cloudstack/cs_firewall.py b/cloud/cloudstack/cs_firewall.py
index ef78b6a242d..fca8e88a509 100644
--- a/cloud/cloudstack/cs_firewall.py
+++ b/cloud/cloudstack/cs_firewall.py
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ def main():
             api_secret = dict(default=None, no_log=True),
             api_url = dict(default=None),
             api_http_method = dict(default='get'),
+            api_timeout = dict(type='int', default=10),
         ),
         required_one_of = (
             ['ip_address', 'network'],
diff --git a/cloud/cloudstack/cs_instance.py b/cloud/cloudstack/cs_instance.py
index c2dd45fe2b5..b6f2d098346 100644
--- a/cloud/cloudstack/cs_instance.py
+++ b/cloud/cloudstack/cs_instance.py
@@ -801,6 +801,7 @@ def main():
             api_secret = dict(default=None, no_log=True),
             api_url = dict(default=None),
             api_http_method = dict(default='get'),
+            api_timeout = dict(type='int', default=10),
         ),
         required_together = (
             ['api_key', 'api_secret', 'api_url'],
diff --git a/cloud/cloudstack/cs_instancegroup.py b/cloud/cloudstack/cs_instancegroup.py
index 9041e351539..01630bc225f 100644
--- a/cloud/cloudstack/cs_instancegroup.py
+++ b/cloud/cloudstack/cs_instancegroup.py
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ def main():
             api_secret = dict(default=None, no_log=True),
             api_url = dict(default=None),
             api_http_method = dict(default='get'),
+            api_timeout = dict(type='int', default=10),
         ),
         required_together = (
             ['api_key', 'api_secret', 'api_url'],
diff --git a/cloud/cloudstack/cs_iso.py b/cloud/cloudstack/cs_iso.py
index 4a97fc3d027..f38faeceeb4 100644
--- a/cloud/cloudstack/cs_iso.py
+++ b/cloud/cloudstack/cs_iso.py
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ def main():
             api_secret = dict(default=None, no_log=True),
             api_url = dict(default=None),
             api_http_method = dict(default='get'),
+            api_timeout = dict(type='int', default=10),
         ),
         required_together = (
             ['api_key', 'api_secret', 'api_url'],
diff --git a/cloud/cloudstack/cs_portforward.py b/cloud/cloudstack/cs_portforward.py
index cbd363f69e6..e3a456e424b 100644
--- a/cloud/cloudstack/cs_portforward.py
+++ b/cloud/cloudstack/cs_portforward.py
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ def main():
             api_secret = dict(default=None, no_log=True),
             api_url = dict(default=None),
             api_http_method = dict(default='get'),
+            api_timeout = dict(type='int', default=10),
         ),
         required_together = (
             ['api_key', 'api_secret', 'api_url'],
diff --git a/cloud/cloudstack/cs_securitygroup.py b/cloud/cloudstack/cs_securitygroup.py
index 9ef81095322..8f1592ca43a 100644
--- a/cloud/cloudstack/cs_securitygroup.py
+++ b/cloud/cloudstack/cs_securitygroup.py
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ def main():
             api_secret = dict(default=None, no_log=True),
             api_url = dict(default=None),
             api_http_method = dict(default='get'),
+            api_timeout = dict(type='int', default=10),
         ),
         required_together = (
             ['api_key', 'api_secret', 'api_url'],
diff --git a/cloud/cloudstack/cs_securitygroup_rule.py b/cloud/cloudstack/cs_securitygroup_rule.py
index a467d3f5c38..7afb1463503 100644
--- a/cloud/cloudstack/cs_securitygroup_rule.py
+++ b/cloud/cloudstack/cs_securitygroup_rule.py
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ def main():
             api_secret = dict(default=None, no_log=True),
             api_url = dict(default=None),
             api_http_method = dict(default='get'),
+            api_timeout = dict(type='int', default=10),
         ),
         required_together = (
             ['icmp_type', 'icmp_code'],
diff --git a/cloud/cloudstack/cs_sshkeypair.py b/cloud/cloudstack/cs_sshkeypair.py
index e7ee88e3bea..b4b764dbe33 100644
--- a/cloud/cloudstack/cs_sshkeypair.py
+++ b/cloud/cloudstack/cs_sshkeypair.py
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ def main():
             api_secret = dict(default=None, no_log=True),
             api_url = dict(default=None),
             api_http_method = dict(default='get'),
+            api_timeout = dict(type='int', default=10),
         ),
         required_together = (
             ['api_key', 'api_secret', 'api_url'],
diff --git a/cloud/cloudstack/cs_vmsnapshot.py b/cloud/cloudstack/cs_vmsnapshot.py
index cadf229af55..218a947ac5a 100644
--- a/cloud/cloudstack/cs_vmsnapshot.py
+++ b/cloud/cloudstack/cs_vmsnapshot.py
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ def main():
             api_secret = dict(default=None, no_log=True),
             api_url = dict(default=None),
             api_http_method = dict(default='get'),
+            api_timeout = dict(type='int', default=10),
         ),
         required_together = (
             ['icmp_type', 'icmp_code'],